Etymology: < modern Latin coleophyllum, < Greek κολεός sheath + ϕύλλον leaf.
Botany.
(See quot. 1866.)
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1866 J. Lindley & T. MooreTreasury Bot.Coleophyll, or Coleoptile, the first leaf which follows the cotyledon in endogens, and ensheaths the succeeding leaves.
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ˌcoleoˈphyllousadj. having a coleophyll.
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